Help! I didn't think they'd hatch!

[Sartin]

She is a Buff Orpington, and dad is a Rhode Island Red. I wonder if all the chicks will be from her, because I caught our Rhode Island Red Hen on the nest once. Is that normal for other hens to lay in each other's nest? That's the other weird part, the other hens have stopped laying... is that normal too? I'll figure out how to post pictures here...

 

[Sartin]

Here's a run down of what we have:
Rooster: Rosie the Rhode Island Red
Hens:
1 Buff
1 Brahma
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Aracauna

We started out with a lot more, but between a massacre in the summer and mystery deaths here and there, this is what we have left, our little United Nations of Chickens.

 

[lurky]

yeah, you can have 100 boxed for them and they will all use the same few of choice. Its funny. I'll bet you will have a mix of chicks. Thats cool. Where do you live? Is it still cold there?

 

[Sartin]

We are in Warrenton, MO and It's supposed to be rainy this week, lowest low looks like 34. I turned on the heat lamp, just to make it extra warm in there. It's supposed to be warm by now but it's been a terribly cold spring.

 

[lurky]

I still run a heat lamp for the babies too. The chicks in that pic are a cross between a lavender splash ameraucana bantam hen and a blue splash silkie rooster. The 3rd is hatching now and then there are 2 standard eggs. Most people use photobucket to post pics....i found it the easiest to use.

 

[Sartin]

Crisis Averted! We have mom and chick and 4 eggs in a bunny cage in the coop. Pictures coming soon. Thanks for all your help. Taping them into nest box was a super idea, saved a lot of worry on my part!!